Catalogue
Ancient Roman, unsorted bronze issues of the third and fourth century A.D., mostly folles and some antoninianii, from the last quarter of the 3rd century to mid 4th century, almost all easily attributale. Mostly very good - very fine. (100)
Estimate $400
SOLD $280
Ancient Roman, unsorted bronze issues of the First to the fourth century A.D., mostly folles and some antoninianii, from the last quarter of the 3rd century to mid 4th century, almost all easily attributable with a good range of rulers, types and mints . Mostly fine - very fine. (68)
Estimate $300
SOLD $220
Ancient Roman, fourth century AE folles and latter issues of the fifth century, including Constantius II, Constantius Gallus, Jovian (S.4087 gVF); Valens, Valentinian I, Honorius, Arcadius, Aelia Flaccilla, Theodosius I, Valentinian II, Julian II, Eudoxia, Gratian. Mostly fine. (61)
Estimate $200
SOLD $400
Ancient Roman, unsorted bronze issues of mid fourth century A.D., almost all of the falling horseman type as issued by Constantius II and Constantius Gallus. Mostly fine - very fine. (65)
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Ancient Roman, an accumulation of issues from 1st - 4th century (85) includes sestertii and issues of Magnentius (2), also billon tetradrachms from Egypt (4). Some very good - fine a few poor. (89)
Estimate $150
SOLD $260
Ancient Roman and Greek, various silver and AE issues, from Republic to 4th century A.D., including C Poblicius denarius, rev. Hercules strangling the Nemean lion, (S.308); Antoninus Pius denarius, rev. Virtus, (S.4064); Elagabalus, AE 26, Tyre, rev. Astarte and trophy, (BMC 388); various others. Poor-fine. (19)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Ancient Roman, unsorted bronze issues of mostly the fourth century A.D., only a few are attributable. Poor. (Approx 200)
Estimate $50
SOLD $70
Manuel II Palaeologus, (1391-1423), silver half stavraton (quarter hyperpyron), Constantinople mint (Public Mint type), (3.26 grams), obv. bust of Christ facing. I C X C each side of Christ, dotted border within circles, rev. around traces of MANOVH**L* EN XPICTW TW **Q*W **P*ICTOC around the bust of Manuel facing, nimbate, a pellet in the left and right fields, (S.2552, PCPC 343.5, DOC 1483, LPC 2 [p.160] variant). Crudely struck as usual on a square flan, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $180
John VIII Palaeologus, (1423-1448), silver stavraton (half hyperpyron), Constantinople mint, (6.68 grams), obv. IC-XC Nimbate bust of Christ, book of Gospels in left hand, right hand raised in benediction, all inside dotted and lined circle, surrounded by margin with pellets, inside solid line circle, rev. traces of IWANHC **D*EC**P*OTIC O **PALEOLOG*OC / **Q*V XAPITI AVTOKPATOP in two circles inside which bust of John facing, bearded, nimbate, crown with pendila, a pellet in the left and right fields, (S,2564, LPC 1 [p.172]). Weak in places, otherwise nearly very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
Byzantine, assorted mix including Justin I, follis, Constantinople mint, (S.63); justinian I, follis, Constantinople mint, year 19, officina A, (S.163), another half follis, Nicomedia mint, (S.203); Justin II, half follis, Thessalonica mint, (S.366); others of annonymous type 10-12th century (4) and billon trachy Manuel I etc (3). Mostly fine or better. (11)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Egypt, pottery oil lamp, 'frog type' stylized frog around cupped discus, incuse palm leaf as the manufacturer's mark on the underside, Ptolemaic Period 3-1st century B.C., 63x48 mm; another 'frog type' palm leaf on either side of the discus, ladder at the nozzle, manufacturer's mark on the underside, Ptolemaic Period 3-1st century B.C., 82x71 mm. Fine, scarce. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Egypt, faience Udjat eye, Late Dynastic Period, (c.660-320 B.C.), length 30mm; another, stone, 26th Dynasty, length 35mm; pottery head of a goat, c.700 B.C., length 35mm; pottery head of a man, c.800 B.C., height 50mm; Middle East, collection of pottery, stone and glass beads, c.1st millenium B.C., (7); female figure, fragmentary, mould cast, c.200 B.C, length 90mm; Roman, bronze brooch, fragmentary, c.1st century A.D., length 40mm; group of various fragments, faience, bronze, pottery, glass and wood, various periods, many described and listed. Poor-fine. (approx 30)
Estimate $150
SOLD $70
Etruscan, 6th century B.C., Bucchero earthenware, large oinochoe of bulbous form, (height 220mm). Slight damage and repair to spout, otherwise intact.
Estimate $250
SOLD $380
Greece, Athens, small redware Lekythos (oil vase) (c.475-425 B.C.), decorated with black floral designs to the stem, missing handle, (height 110mm); black ceramic bowl, possibly Iranian, (c.16th-17th century), with Koranic inscription to the inside rim, floarl design to the interior base, (width 140mm, height 60mm), broken and repaired with iron pins; small bowl, possibly Indian, (c.19th century), of green soapstone carved with floral designs to the exterior, (width 100mm, height 60mm). Some damage and repairs, otherwise good-very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Greeks in Southern Italy, Apulia, black glazed double handled stemless Skyphos (wine cup), c.300 B.C., (height 70mm, width 190mm). A few light chips and minor glaze repair, otherwise very fine and complete.
Estimate $150
SOLD $270
Antiquities, Roman and Roman North Africa, (c.1st-2nd century B.C.), heads and busts of various godesses in marble (3) and terracotta (5) surrounding a central plaque in terracotta and stucco depicting a winged cupid leading a chariot drawn by two lions. All mounted on a wooden board (40x30cm). Some in fine style, damaged, otherwise fine and an interesting collection.
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Antiquities, Roman, bronze fibula, (c.75 B.C.), length 54mm, with iron two spiral spring fibula, complete, (Lucien Lerat 15); another fibula, (c.1st century B.C.), length 26mm, with iron hinged fibula, complete; Greece, bronze arrowhead, (c.5th-4th century B.C.), length 20mm. Patinated, very fine and rare. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
Roman, bronze fibula, (c.1st - 2nd century A.D.), length 75mm, with iron pin, complete with ball end attachments (cf.Lucien Lerat 113, Etlinder 21); another fibula, (c.1st century A.D.), length 40mm, pin damaged; bronze seal, (c.16th-17th century), Dorset area, matrix cut with a device of the Paschal lamb, filigree above. Fine - very fine and scarce. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
Roman, 1st century A.D., pottery ash shovel, 150x110 mm, uncovered in the Columbarium of the Freedmen of Augustus on the Appian Way. Ex Bateman collecion, presented by Miss Rhoda Hope, 1857. Very fine with labels.
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
Spain, Hispano-Moresque, copper lustre ceramic bowl, (c.18th-19th century), central decoration of a stylsed bird, flowers surrounding, underside decorated with floral patterns, (diameter 205mm, height 30mm). A few chips, cracks and repairs, otherwise very fine and scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
North Africa, Islamic war arrows, combining bamboo shafts with woven ties, culminating in barbed iron tips, c.18th century, length 600mm, (2); Ethiopia, base silver Coptic Cross, 19th century A.D., with eye for apending, size 45x40mm; another in base silver with eye for appending, size 25x20mm, (2); East Africa, brass wedding rings of various sizes, early 20th century A.D. (3). Fine, intact. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Umayyad Caliphate, `Abd al-Malik (A.H. 65-86) (A.D. 685-705), silver anonymous dirham, Damascus mint, A.H. 86 = A.D. 705, (A.126); Abbasid Caliphate, al-Mahdi, (A.H. 158-169) (A.D. 775-785), silver anonymous dirham, Madinat al Salam (Baghdad) A.H. 165 (781-782), (A.215); also three miscellaneous Islamic copper issues. Silver very fine, copper fine. (5)
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
Umayyad Caliphate, al-Walid I (A.H. 86-96) (A.D. 705-715), silver anonymous dirham, Damascus mint, A.H. 94 = A.D. 712-3, (A.128, cf.M.47, BMC 358) others Wasit mint A.H. 86 = A.D. 714-5, (A.128, BMC 528); al-Sulayman (A.H. 96-99) (A.D. 715-717), silver anonymous dirham, Istakhr mint, A.H. 98 = A.D. 716-7, (A.131, BMC 277). Nearly very fine, last scarce. (3)
Estimate $100
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Umayyad Caliphate, al-Walid I (A.H. 86-96) (A.D. 705-715), silver anonymous dirham, Wasit mint (on Euphrates River), A.H. 94 = A.D. 712-3, (A.128, M.55, BMC 538) (2, one illustrated); another A.H. 96 = A.D. 714-5, (A.128, cf.M.55, BMC 541). Very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
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Umayyad Caliphate, Hisham, (A.H. 105-125) (A.D. 724-743), silver anonymous dirhams, Wasit mint, A.H. 122, 124, 125 = A.D. 739, 741, 742 (A.137, BMC 573, 576, 577); all with five double annulets, (124 illustrated). Good very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $120
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Umayyad Caliphate, Hisham, (A.H. 105-125) (A.D. 724-743), silver anonymous dirhams, Wasit mint, A.H. 111, 116, 118, 121 = A.D. 729, 734, 736, 738 (A.137, BMC 559, 565, 568, 571); last with five double annulets others with three double annulets (116 and 118 both illustrated). Good very fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $150
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Umayyad Caliphate, Marwan II, (A.H. 127-132) (A.D. 744-750), silver anonymous dirham, Wasit mint, A.H. 127, 130 = A.D. 744, 747-8, (A.142, BMC 585), another Damascus mint, A.H. 127 = A.D. 744, (A.142, BMC B.30 [p.152]); together with (3) issues of the Umayyads of Spain, 'Abd Allah (A.H. 275-309, A.D. 888-912), Al Andalus mint, A.H. 267, (cf.M.319), others of cruder style. Fine - extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $150
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Abbasid Caliphate, al-Mansur, (A.H. 136-158) (A.D. 754-775), A.H. 137 = A.D. 754, Al Kufat mint, (A.213) (holed) another year A.H. 155, 156 = A.D. 771, 772, both Madinat es Salam (Baghdad) (A.213); AE fals uncertain date or mint; al-Mahdi (A.H. 158-169) (A.D. 775-785), Al Mohammadiyat mint, A.H. 164 = A.D.780, (A.215); al-Rashid, (A.H. 170-193) (A.D. 786-809), A.H. 193 = A.D. 808, Madinat al Salam, (A.219). Fine - very fine, one holed. (6)
Estimate $100
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Abbasid Caliphate, Al-Muqtadir, Third reign, (A.H. 317-320, A.D. 929-932), gold dinar (3.57 gm), citing Abu'l Abbas as heir, Misr mint, Dated A.H. 318 (AD 930/1), obv. Kalima in four lines across field, Quran 30:4-5 in outer margin, mint formula and A. H. date in inner margin, rev. continuation of Kalima across field, 'li-'illah' above, name of Abu'l Abbas below, 'Second Symbol' (Quran 9:33) in outer margin, (A.245.2). Extremely fine.
Estimate $350
SOLD $280
Fatimids, al-Mustansir billah, (A.H.427-487, A.D. 1036-1094), gold dinar (4.09 gm), Misr (Cairo) mint, dated A.H. 437 (A.D. 1045/6), obv. kalima in four lines across field; 'Ali' above; 'Umayyad Second Symbol' (Quran 9:33) in outer margin, rev. Continuation of Kalima and name and titles of al-Mustansir in four lines across field; 'ma'ad' above, mint formula and A.H. date in outer margin, (A.719, Nicol 2115). Good very fine, flan slightly wavy.
Estimate $350
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